Etymologies

Isidore seemed to be a fine choice -- in the 7th century, he produced one of the world's first databases, a 20-volume encyclopedia called The Etymologies , intended to be a summation of everything that was known about the world he lived in.

Patron Saint of the Nerds 2004

Isidore seemed to be a fine choice -- in the 7th century, he produced one of the world's first databases, a 20-volume encyclopedia called The Etymologies , intended to be a summation of everything that was known about the world he lived in.

Patron Saint of the Nerds 2004

His "Etymologies" and "De natura rerum" are merely compilations of fragments borrowed from all the pagan and Christian authors with whom he was acquainted.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

St. Isidore in his "Etymologies" (vi, 19) mentions a dismissal of catechumens with a deacon's Proclamation as occurring at this point.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

Isidore of Seville (c. 560–636), whose Etymologies served as a learned encyclopedia from his time well into the succeeding centuries, summed up the matter in a few words: “The moon suffers an eclipse if the shadow of the earth comes between it and the sun,” while the sun is eclipsed “when the new moon is in line with the sun and obstructs and obscures it” (Etymologies 3:53–58).

In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

Isidore of Seville (c. 560–636), whose Etymologies served as a learned encyclopedia from his time well into the succeeding centuries, summed up the matter in a few words: “The moon suffers an eclipse if the shadow of the earth comes between it and the sun,” while the sun is eclipsed “when the new moon is in line with the sun and obstructs and obscures it” (Etymologies 3:53–58).

In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

Etymologies are not definitions of words in themselves but rather explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded anywhere from 300 or 3,000 years ago.

Etymology – the origins of words « Write Anything 2010

Isidore of Seville (c. 560–636), whose Etymologies served as a learned encyclopedia from his time well into the succeeding centuries, summed up the matter in a few words: “The moon suffers an eclipse if the shadow of the earth comes between it and the sun,” while the sun is eclipsed “when the new moon is in line with the sun and obstructs and obscures it” (Etymologies 3:53–58).

In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

Isidore of Seville (c. 560–636), whose Etymologies served as a learned encyclopedia from his time well into the succeeding centuries, summed up the matter in a few words: “The moon suffers an eclipse if the shadow of the earth comes between it and the sun,” while the sun is eclipsed “when the new moon is in line with the sun and obstructs and obscures it” (Etymologies 3:53–58).

In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

Etymologies and explainations of words, phrase, and oddities in video games.

It’s A Secret To Everybody | clusterflock 2009